70-page spiral-bound songbook with professionally scored vocal sheet music of all 12 songs with melody, chords, lyrics, translations, notes and sources, plus photostats of pages from the original notebook.
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The beautiful melody to this tragic ballad was hidden from me for a long time because Mémère had a different title AND a different first line from the version in the UMoncton archives. Only after recognizing the hook in the chorus did I make the connection.
lyrics
One winter’s night by the light of the moon
I had a vision of an angel blonde
And through the snow a child without fortune She was dressed as though a vagabond
Her eyes of blue betrayed her sorrow From hunger she was near the grave I brought her in to my humble hollow Her life I knew that I must save
refrain:
In seeing that young girl so pretty and so sweet
Oh will you be my world I asked her tenderly
Be mine forevermore, there’s so much goodness knows Yes we will surely wed in the blooming of the roses
She was so young and she was just an orphan Alas she had nowhere else for to go
Her beauty was unmatched among the angels I couldn’t help myself but love her so
Her hair of gold, her youth and beauty Her blue eyes were both mild and brave Her simple poise and gentle manner Her life I knew that I must save
She told me of her 18 years of pain
I am too young for you to marry me
Just stay with me I told her, Madeleine, Because my love then you will surely see Oh yes oh yes, it’s you dear I adore you With all my heart for you I have pined I’ll ask you once, and many more
Ah, tell me yes, to ease my mind
The girl at last consented to my offer
And six months later, I became her man
I loved her for she was so wise and proper I loved her so much I was nearly mad Too much bliss is doomed to cruelty
Our happiness did not last long
She passed away in her first labor
My pain eternally in song
At last when spring returns, and nature comes to life I remember wistfully the kisses of my wife
And looking at the child, and watching as she grows Reminds me of the time of the blooming of the roses
credits
from Mémère & Me,
released August 15, 2020
Robert Sylvain, vocals, guitar
Steve Muise - fiddle, foot percussion
Neil Pearlman - piano
Steve Roy - bass
Per Hanson - drums
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